SHIP WITHOUT a COUNTRY: Eyewitness Accounts of the Attack on the USS Liberty

“When the story of the Liberty does come before enough people, it could prove to be the linchpin upon which very real reform of misguided U.S. policies in the Middle East—the ill-founded “special relationship” with the state of Israel—will finally come about.”

When one considers that thousands of books,
articles, essays, documentaries and blockbuster
films have been made concerning pivotal
events in history such as Pearl Harbor
and the assassination of JFK; at the same time we need to
ask: why has no such attention toward the attack on the USS
Liberty (June 8, 1967) taken place? After all, had the ship
been sunk as planned, it would have kicked off a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The reason for this silence over the Liberty attack is simple.
It didn’t go off as planned, meaning the ship was not
sunk. More importantly, the entity responsible for this
attack was the most sacred of all sacred cows—Israel.
Moreover, any rational person who spent even five minutes
considering the facts of this event would walk away concluding
that it was a deliberate act of war against the U.S.

In this book, readers will come into contact with many
of these facts—disturbing items that have been kept deliberately—some might even say fanatically—hidden, for
nearly half a century. They paint the ultimate picture of
set-up, betrayal, and cover-up—both by Israel and elements
within the U.S. government.

You’ll hear DIRECTLY
from the survivors as well as high-ranking U.S. Navy and
government officials who were witness to the subsequent
cover up. These men agreed to be interviewed—at great
physical and professional risk to themselves—so that the
world would know what they saw that fateful day. Now
you can, too.

Softcover, 90 pages

INTRODUCTION: THE FACE OF THE DEVIL

By MICHAEL COLLINS PIPER

SECTION ONE: Edited by VICTOR THORN

WAR CRIMES AND TREASON: SURVIVOR STORIES

Larry Weaver

Jim Ennes

Dave Lewis

Ernie Gallo

Admiral Merlin Staring

Joe Lentini

Gary Brummett

THE OPERATION CYANIDE SCENARIO

PHOTO SECTION

SECTION TWO: Edited by MARK GLENN

HIGH-RANKING EYEWITNESSES TO THE LIBERTY COVER-UP

Phil Giraldi

Ward Boston

Richard Block

SURVIVOR STORIES

Phil Tourney

Ron Kukal

Bryce Lockwood

Introduction

The Face of the Devil

Since 1948 there have been many crimes and conspiracies attributed or otherwise “connected” in some fashion to the state of Israel, ranging from the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and on, even, to the bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

In truth, the list of allegations in this regard goes on and on. Israel, its military and its intelligence services have proven grist for much speculation, some of it certainly well founded, some of it downright ridiculous.

But there is one thing which is absolutely indisputable: on June 8, 1967, the military forces of the state of Israel launched a deliberate and unprovoked attack on a virtually unarmed American intelligence ship, the USS Liberty, as it sailed peacefully on a sunny day in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Sinai, as the Stars and Stripes flapped fully visible in the breeze.

Then, as now, supporters of Israel in the United States and around the world, and certainly Israel itself, would say that using the word “deliberate” to describe the attack on an ally is not just an error, but an outrage. They will acknowledge the attack was deliberate, but hasten to add that Israel believed it was an Egyptian freighter that, so they say, bore a striking resemblance to Liberty.

And there we come to the point of departure between those who believe the Israelis attacked Liberty knowing full well it was an American vessel, and those who say otherwise.

Although in recent years Americans have been told to “support our troops” in various military ventures in the Middle East, there is precisely one group of troops whom it is not politically correct to support, and that is those troops—those survivors of the USS Liberty—who say that Israel’s attack on them was indeed not only “deliberate,” but that Israel knew the vessel belonged to the Jewish state’s closest ally and patron, the United States.

There were 34 Americans killed that day by Israel, and 174 wounded. Some of the initial survivors later died due to complications arising from their injuries. Many spent difficult lives in the years that followed, and continue to spend, suffering from not only the trauma of the event, but also as a direct consequence of what they (correctly) believed was their abandonment by a government of the United States eager to brush this matter under the rug.

Their views were supported by the fact that many people in high places, ranging from then-CIA Director Richard Helms, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, presidential advisor Clark Clifford (himself a longtime advocate for Israel in official Washington), and even to President Lyndon Johnson himself—among many, many others—who agreed absolutely with Liberty’s survivors that the attack was carried out by Israel with full knowledge that it was an American ship they were so brutally firing upon, unleashing a hurricane of rockets, machine gun fire, napalm and torpedoes.

And it should be added that, as the evidence suggests—ranging from a broad variety of sources—the intent of Israel (along with a certain number of apparent collaborators inside the American government itself) was to sink the ship, kill all aboard, and then blame the massacre on Egypt, laying the pretext for an American military retaliation on that Arab country with which Israel was then at war.

The survivors, as we shall see, were told to “shut up” and not talk about what had happened. They were separated and scattered to other ships. And for many years those brave men—many of them bearing grievous wounds—did remain silent. But then, like ice beginning to thaw, they began to talk, slowly, and that’s when the cover-up of Liberty started to break.

While the attack on the Liberty did receive some coverage in the mass media in the days and weeks following the tragedy, the truth is that the media largely adopted a stance in agreement with the “official” version of events, suggesting that the attack was just a “tragic mistake” taking place during a time of war.

It wasn’t until 1975 that a newly inaugurated weekly newspaper known as The Spotlight began publishing (over many years time) regular coverage of new developments surrounding increasing questions being raised by the survivors (and others) about the events of June 8, 1967, and the very real cover-up that followed. In fact, there were many prominent individuals who came forth, joining the chorus, asking for the truth to be told.

Although The Spotlight closed its doors in 2001, the former editors of that newspaper, myself among them, set up a new independent weekly, American Free Press, and that publication has picked up the torch and continued to demand justice for the men of Liberty and for a full accounting—a full, public accounting, both by Israel and the United States.

Now, in this volume, two talented writers—Victor Thorn and Mark Glenn—have joined forces with a host of Liberty survivors and others (high-ranking ex-diplomats and intelligence and military officers among them) to provide a remarkable overview of the story of Liberty and the outrageous conduct of the U.S. and Israeli governments that followed.

It’s not at any time a “nice” story, but a story which is nonetheless inspiring, for in these pages you will meet some very heroic people, both at the time and in years afterward, who have dared to speak out and confront very powerful forces determined to keep the facts about Liberty from ever reaching a wide national audience, as it should.

When the story of Liberty does come before enough people, it could prove to be the linchpin upon which very real reform of misguided U.S. policies in the Middle East—the ill-founded “special relationship” with the state of Israel—will finally come about.

The men of Liberty saw the face of the devil that day, but they remain insistent that the truth must be told. It’s our job to make sure the truth is known. This volume is one component in making that possible.

Victor Thorn founded Sisyphus Press in the fall of 2000. He is the author of 54 different works, including 30 books, 19 chapbooks, as well as five anthologies which he served as editor. He has published the works of numerous writers in the alternative media such as Michael Collins Piper, Adam Gorightly, Lisa Guliani, Mark Glenn, John Kaminski, Joan d’Arc, Pete Papaherakles, Carl Robinson, and Pat Shannan, while also producing five CD-ROMs and DVDs, one of which is a five-disc collection that covers the John F. Kennedy Assassination (Evidence of Revision). Thorn’s political articles have appeared in various newspapers around the country. He has also freelanced for magazines such as Paranoia and The Barnes Review.

In February 2001, Thorn founded Babel magazine, an online publication that ran until early 2004 and featured some of the first articles devoted to the 9-11 conspiracy.

One of his books, The New World Order Exposed, was translated and published in Japan in 2006, while 9-11 on Trial has been republished by Progressive Press, and was also released in France to coincide with the fifth anniversary of 9-11.

After co-hosting The Victor Thorn Show on the Reality Radio Network from 2002-2003, in February 2004 he co-founded WING TV (World Independent News Group), a daily Internet television and radio talk show viewed in over 100 countries worldwide. In addition, he’s been a weekly investigative reporter for American Free Press since 2007 while serving as AFP’s assignment editor in 2011.

Thorn has also made hundreds of different radio appearances (including Coast-to-Coast AM and The Lionel Show on WOR 710 in New York City) and has done weekly one-hour news updates on Alex Merklinger’s Mysteries of the Mind, while also appearing weekly on Vyzygoth’s From the Grassy Knoll and Frank Whalen’s Frankly SpeakingRadio.

Thorn has been an avid political activist who spoke at the OKC Bombing 10th anniversary, as well as before the America First Party. He has also protested in six different states, not to mention at Ground Zero on several occasions and in front of the White House in Washington, D.C

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